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Nimrud

[nim-rood]

noun

  1. modern name of the site of the ancient city of Kalakh.



Nimrud

/ nɪmˈruːd /

noun

  1. an ancient city in Assyria, near the present-day city of Mosul (Iraq): founded in about 1250 bc and destroyed by the Medes in 612 bc ; excavated by Sir Austen Henry Layard

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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